Midea 1014278205 Running Cost (Room Air Conditioner)
Running cost for the Midea 1014278205
The Midea 1014278205 is certified by ENERGY STAR at 592.1 kWh a year, about average for its category to run among room air conditioners currently certified.
That $111 is priced at 18.8¢/kWh, the average of all 51 state rates this site tracks. Your own state's rate is one click away.
How the Midea 1014278205 compares to other room air conditioners
Against the category average of 603 kWh/yr, this model uses 1.8% less, ranking 252 of 447 room air conditioners tracked here for running cost. 447 certified room air conditioners, one average, about $2/year of daylight between it and this model; the full methodology has the rest.
Neighbouring models
Right next to the Midea 1014278205 on that list: Midea 1010451379 ($111/yr, 592.1 kWh/yr) runs slightly less, while Midea MAW12U1QWT ($111/yr, 592.1 kWh/yr) runs slightly more.
Comparing Midea's own models
Ranked 100 of Midea's 161 certified room air conditioners, this sits between the MWEUWA-05CRFN8-BCN4 ($49/yr, the brand's cheapest) and the MWCUWH-24CRFN8-MCM3 ($254/yr, its priciest).
Cost over its typical lifespan
10 years is NAHB's typical service life for this category; at $111/year, the Midea 1014278205 adds up to about $1,113 in electricity over that span.
Is it worth replacing?
Efficient as certified room air conditioners go, $111/year is a reasonable baseline if you're comparing what else is on the market.
See what else is certified in this category before you decide.
If you're keeping it
Whether or not the Midea 1014278205 ever needs replacing, a repair is the more common failure for a room air conditioner, one a protection plan budgets for ahead of time.
How this was checked
The full Room Air Conditioner category page shows all 447 room air conditioners ranked by cost; the state-rate guide covers the half of this number that isn't the appliance. The 592.1 kWh/yr figure is ENERGY STAR's own certification, not a wattage estimate; exact dataset IDs are on the data sources page.